So basically Im leaving in a few hours so I would to see a reply or two before i get on the plane I have a visa andI bookewd a one way ticket to Taiwan . My recruiter form reach to teach said I wouldnt have a problem Im just making sure I wont have any difficult gettin into the country with a one way ticket? Thoughts?????

You won't have any trouble getting into the country, but you might have trouble with the airline. They law is you need an onward ticket. Although this is widely ignored by immigration in Taiwan some airlines will refuse to check you in because technically you are in violation of Taiwanese law.

If you manage to get a boarding pass you are good to go. If they won't check you in you may have to buy an onward ticket from Taipei to Hong Kong or Bangkok or somewhere else.

Bit late now, but I've read you can try getting a reservation for any stand-by tickets as evidence of moving onwards. If that doesn't work then you can just buy a cheap ticket to HK or wherever at the airport. I'm no expert though.

More likely than not, it will be the airline that will refuse a one way ticket, since they will be ones who will have to foot the bill if you show up in Taiwan and get rejected.

Immigration in Taiwan is very hit and miss. When I arrived (with my one way ticket) they just waved us through, didn't even ask a single question. Even though I had a "fake" itinerary showing a return ticket to Canada just in case.

I've also heard of people getting off the plane, being grilled by immigration, having their bags searched, and then being rejected entry and sent back to the nearest stop, which is some cases is Hong Kong or Tokyo.

I just went through this on my way to Taiwan from the States, flying United Airlines on a one-way. They refused to give me a boarding pass without a return ticket. Fortunately I had booked a round trip ticket to Hong Kong, so I just had to find a place to print out my receipt for the ticket in the airport. Plus my receipt was from a Taiwanese company, all in Chinese, so it was funny explaining which part was the flight number to the ticket clerk.

So word of warning when your employer offers only to pay for a one-way ticket...

I've written on this before. I've found the best way to go, having come and gone a few times from this place, is to get what's called an open ended return ticket from city of origin. Basically it's a ticket with a return portion that can be rescheduled for anytime up to a year from purchase. When you purchase your ticket, you can select a provisional return date and simply cancel it upon arrival here. You then have an open ticket to return home on, date of your choosing, valid for a year. It's not much good if you don't take a trip home in a year, however, the cost of this option is often preferable to purchasing an onward ticket.

What is the cheapest option if you don't plan to return within a year? I'm about to go to Taiwan for the first time(new to TEFL, also). I'm hoping I like TEFL. If I do, I want to be there at LEAST two years, coming back after the second year. I plan to visit family before leaving. So, a round trip ticket would just cost me about an extra $300(that's not even looking at making it open ended).

You can buy certain onward tickets that can be refunded 100% if not used. These usually cost much more than nonrefundable or partially refundable tickets, but like I say, they are fully refundable so if you have the available cash to shell out, do it and then get your refund.

I recall that my former gf was, on one occasion, able to refund an unused return portion of a round trip ticket. It was either with China airlines or EVA. You may want to enquire with your agent about this possibility.

Generally, a one way ticket is OK. However, there is the possibility that it won't be good enough.

It's a tough choice because if you buy a round trip ticket, it generally goes unused (for most people anyway). That's obviously a big waste of money.

My recommendation would be to get a one way ticket. Worse case scenario: When you get to the airport, they make you buy a one way ticket out of Taiwan. Buy a refundable ticket, which generally costs $50-$100 to cash in.

This way, no matter what you should come out better off than if you just bought a round trip ticket to begin with.

I recently flew from Bangkok to Taipei on a one-way ticket and I didn't have to show proof of an onward ticket. Although I had a fake itinerary I got from the travel agent in Bangkok. In fact, I didn't even have to ask for the fake onward itinerary, they simply gave it to me.